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In Episode 5 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain visits the Yurok Tribe along California’s North Coast to harvest Pacific eel, learn traditional techniques, and celebrate river restoration through a joyful community feast.

In Episode 4 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain travels to the Finger Lakes to cook alongside Onondaga elders, learn from seed keeper Angela Ferguson, and prepare a ten course feast honoring ancient Indigenous foodways and resilience.

In Episode 3 of Spirit Plate, Chef Pyet DeSpain journeys to Hydaburg, Alaska to fish Pacific halibut with the Haida people, cook in a traditional longhouse, and serve a meaningful feast honoring elders, culture, and ancestral foodways.

In this Beyond the Art Podcast highlight, Chef Pyet DeSpain reflects on her childhood memories in her family’s Kansas City taquerias, her mission to inspire cultural curiosity, and her belief in slowing down to reconnect with food as a powerful source of healing.

In this Culture Show Podcast interview, Chef Pyet DeSpain reflects on the food memories that shaped her, the community centered traditions of her Indigenous and Mexican heritage, and the inspiration behind her debut cookbook Rooted in Fire.

Chef Pyet DeSpain shares what it means to have her cookbook Rooted in Fire featured in the Los Angeles Times, emphasizing the importance of Indigenous food visibility and the traditions that shaped her work.